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"The quickest hands in Southern Colorado." That's a claim you could make for our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Cheyenne Mountain goalkeeper Hunter Pfeifer just led her Indians to a state championship shutout over Broomfield last week. Hunter was perfect "gatherer" in the net, with...

There were lot of impressive feats were accomplished at Jeffco Stadium last weekend at the Colorado State Track and Field Championships.
One of those feats was accomplished by our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Coronado's Bailey Roth won the 4A boys 3200-meter run by...

All right, Rockies fans. Remember the name, Cory Voss. He could soon be baseball's next big name. And he just happens to be our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Cory is just about to graduate from Pueblo South High School. The kid can absolutely mash....

Our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is the top girls' golfer in Colorado Springs and the best golfer to ever come out of Pine Creek High School.
Mary Kate Nelson has as smooth a swing as you'll see on the high school links. The three-year...

It's all about teamwork and not individual stats for our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Nick Servi plays midfielder and face off for the Pueblo West lacrosse team. He's actually a student at Pueblo South High School but plays for the West co-op team. The...

Most multi-sport athletes play one sport in two different seasons. But our latest Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week plays three sports and two of them are in the same season.
Shaniya Jarrett, a senior at Palmer High School, plays volleyball in the fall and tennis and...

Our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is the sharpest shooter in the land.
Kaylee Geist is sometimes confused with Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games, except she's better.
The 16-year old from Vista Ridge High School is one of America's best teenage archers. She...

This week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week goes to the best player on the best 5A girls basketball team in Southern Colorado.
Rampart Junior Cassidy Budge has lit up the scoreboard all season long. Her 17.5 points per game has helped lead the Rams to the...

Our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week stars for one of the top basketball teams in the state, but she's actually going to college to play another sport.
Samantha Rudd is a post player for the Mesa Ridge Grizzlies. Sami is six-foot-one, averages 11 points per...

Our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week has overcome more in her life than just about anybody you'll ever meet.
This is Candace Harmon of the Pueblo West High School swim team. Her friends call her Candy. Amazingly, she swims with only one leg! Here's why:...

This week's Loaf 'n Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is the top player on one of Southern Colorado's best basketball teams.
Air Academy's David Louthan leads his team with 16 points per game. The junior guard fills up the entire stat sheet with three assists, five rebounds, and...

Usually we spotlight traditional sports like football and basketball for our Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week, but this week, we're spotlighting an athlete from the sport of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Congratulations to Lewis-Palmer High School freshman Cameron Hilfers. Less than two weeks ago, Cameron won the North...

This week's Loaf N' Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is a three sport star and her long term goal is to help other athletes with sports injuries.
Pueblo Centennial junior Cydney Carter was just named a South Central League honorable mention after leading the Bulldogs volleyball team to...

This week's Loaf 'N Jug Athlete of the Week has more pep in her step than other high school kids.
Marriah Dolick just helped lead the Pueblo West cheerleading team to a second place finish in the state spirit championships last weekend. The year before, the Cyclones earned fourth...

Our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week did something on Saturday that most kids only dream of doing.
In the third quarter of the 3A State Championship football game, Coronado running back Isaah Duvall busted broke free for an 80 yard touchdown. He ran for 189...

For this week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week, we are giving some love to the entire defense of the Pine Creek football team.
Last Saturday, the Eagles were all over the field in Pine Creek's quarterfinal win over Windsor. The Eagles won 25-0, shutting out a...

It's pretty hard to top what our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week did over the weekend.
The Pine Creek boys soccer team was playing in the 5A state title game on Saturday against Rock Canyon. The game was scoreless in the second overtime when Jay...

This week, we have a very special Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
It involves two athletes from two different high school football teams, Canon City quarterback Logan Nethercot and Widefield's Desmond Holmes. Holmes is a special needs student-- he's mentally disabled.
On the final play...

You know what they say. Don't mess with roller derby girls.
It's a very unique winner for this week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Congrats to Zoey Morton of Southern Colorado Junior Roller Derby. She's one of the top players in the league.
Zoey...

Austin Micci of Coronado High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
The Cougars junior running back ran for 135 yards and two touchdowns in Coronado's win over Woodland Park last Friday.
He has 844 yards and nine touchdowns and is averaging almost...

Taylor Klee of Palmer Ridge High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Last weekend, Taylor helped the Bears softball team qualify for the 4A state playoffs. She batted .600 with four home runs in the three games at Regionals.
Palmer Ridge, the...

Pueblo South football player Nathan Spinuzzi is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
The Colts junior quarterback has been a big reason for Pueblo South's return to one of the best programs in Southern Colorado.
In last Friday's win over Pueblo Centennial, Spinuzzi threw...

This week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is Kennedi Heisterkamp of Liberty High School.
Kennedi is a third baseman and pitcher for the Lancers softball team. She is batting .393 and is hoping to lead Liberty into the upcoming playoffs. And get this--she dislocated her kneecap...

The high school sports year is all the way back and that means we're back with our Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Our first winner this year is from the Pine Creek football team. Who says kickers don't get any love? Ian Fletcher is a small...

The final Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week for the 2012-13 school year is Daniel Weirich of Eads High School.
Eads High School may only have 66 students, but this kid would pretty much be the best track and field athlete at any school, regardless of size....

Our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week almost led the Pueblo West baseball team to a state championship last weekend.
Korbin Williams went 3-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, but Pueblo West barely lost a heartbreaker to Mountain View in Saturday's 4A championship game....

This week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is a record-setting hurdler from The Classical Academy.
Alexa Chacon just set two state records--in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles-at last weekend's state championships. It was her third straight title in the 300 and second straight in the 100....

A pair of Cheyenne Mountain players are this week's Loaf 'n Jug Aquafina Athletes of the Week.
Congrats to the doubles team of Lauran Renjard and Jessica Metz. They just won the number-one doubles championship at last weekend's 4A state tournament in Pueblo. Renjard is a senior. Metz is...

This week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week not only has the skill on the soccer field, but also has the looks on the stage.
Emily Hoffman was the 2012 Canon City Blossom Queen. She is also a four-year letter winner for the tigers.
she has...

This week's Loaf ‘N Jug Athlete of the Week has some serious speed. Pueblo County senior Abby Simpson was voted as one of Colorado's most outstanding female athletes of 2013.
She runs the 100, 200, 400, and relay events-anything to help the team win.
"I like to be...

Holly Weyand of the Palmer Ridge High School soccer team is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Sports might actually be the least impressive thing she does.
Holly is a four year starter as a outside defender. She also carries a 4.0 GPA, volunteers...

This week's Loaf ‘n Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is Hannah Carr of The Classical Academy.
Hannah is a junior thrower on the Titans track and field team. A couple weeks ago, at the Altitude Invitational meet in Fort Collins, she placed second in the discus, and first...

Brian Sumpter of Pueblo Centennial High School is the latest Loaf ‘n Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Brian has more hops than your average high school kid. The 18-year-old senior is a hurdler on the Bulldogs track team and he is currently ranked in the state's top five...

It's a little change of pace for our latest Loaf 'n Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week. This time, we head out to the bowling lanes, where a 14-year old just had one of the best scores of any high school bowler in the state. Morgann Vails, a freshman at...

Cody Canfield of McClave High School is the latest Loaf 'n Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
On Saturday night, Canfield led McClave to victory over Shining Mountain in Broomfield for the 1A boys basketball state title.
Cody was the go-to guy. The 6'6" post player had 73...

D.J. Hanes of Wasson High School boys basketball is this week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
The 6'1" guard scored 27 points in Wasson's quarterfinal win over Thomas Jefferson on Saturday. The Thunderbirds play Lewis-Palmer in Friday's 4A Final Four in Boulder. Hanes and the T-Birds...

Our latest Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week has Jordan Mason a little concerned.
Brandon Grasmick of Fowler High School just won the 2A 113-pound title at last weekend's state wrestling meet. He was also just named the Colorado 2A Wrestler of the Year.
But wait,...

Palmer High School basketball player Chyna Hardy is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the week.
Chyna and the Palmer hoopsters are having a very special season. The terrors are 19-2 and are now the 6th-ranked team in the 5A classification.
Chyna is a senior guard...

Mary Saiz of Pueblo South High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
The senior swimmer just went four-for-four at the 4A State Swimming Championships over the weekend. Mary won her fourth straight 100-yard backstroke.
She has five state titles altogether and is...

J.D. Kohl is this week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
J.D. is a senior sharpshooter for the Evangelical Christian Academy basketball team. This kid can really light it up. He's averaging 14 points and six rebounds per game. So far this season, J.D. has hit 48...

Gyasi Howard of Pueblo Central High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Gyasi is actually homeschooled but he's the starting point guard on the Central Wildcats basketball team. The 18-year old senior averages 9.5 points per game and hopes to play hoops in...

Taylor Walsh of Palmer High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Taylor is a senior on the Terrors diving team and this young woman has some serious game in the pool. She's ranked third in the entire state and holds Palmer High School's...

Doherty High School's Kyle Bloesser is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
The 16-year old is one of the top mountain bike racers in Colorado. In fact, Kyle and three other riders won the USA Cycling 24 -Hour Nationals last September.
He will now...

Falcon High School's Keenan Britton is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Keenan is a multi-sport athlete for the Falcons. He's drawing interest from several RMAC colleges as a football running back.
The 18-year old senior is also getting looks from a couple of...

Conner Stephens of Colorado Springs Christian School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Conner is a junior captain on the CSCS boys soccer team. The Lions just finished their season a few weeks ago
His teammates awarded him team MVP and the best...

Congrats to Morris Gilbert of Mesa Ridge High School.
The 17-year old senior plays linebacker for the Grizzlies football team. Mesa Ridge Coach Rob Braaten says Morris is a glue guy for his team. He does a little of everything to help the Grizzlies win.
Mesa Ridge is...

The pueblo east high school softball team is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
On Saturday, the Eagles won the 4A state championship game for their first softball state title and only their second overall team championship in school history. East has 13 second-place sports...

Twin brothers Dan and Jim Kenney of Colorado Springs Christian School are this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athletes of the Week.
The Kenney brothers are the quarterback and running back combo on the Lions football team. Dan is the QB-he hands the ball of to brother Jim, and...

Taryn Arcarese of Discovery Canyon High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Taryn is a shortstop on the Discovery Canyon softball team and is one of the top softball players in the state. She's batting .563 on the season and was last season's...

Dylan Roche of Coronado High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
Dylan is a senior captain on the Cougars football team, where he plays center. He and Coronado just won their first homecoming game in ten years, but Dylan doesn't just get it...

Sierra soccer player Gary Thomas is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Gary already has eleven goals through seven games to lead the state in goals scored. His dream is to play professionally in Germany and he has already had talks with second division teams...

This week's Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week is Rampart cheerleader Kira Hietula.
Kira is a 17-year old senior and is captain of the Rams cheerleading team. Rampart placed first in its league last year and earned a top-20 finish at the state level.
Kira says...

School is out! Summer break is here for almost every Southern Colorado high school right now.
But we still have one more Loaf 'N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week to announce.
Congratulations to Je'Leighna Killet of Sand Creek high school.
Je'Leighna is one heck of an...

Air Academy High School senior lacrosse player Miranda Beal is our Loaf n Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
The Kadets defender helped lead her team to an upset win in the state championship last week over Cherry Creek.
Beal actually graduated about a week before the rain...

A relay team from Pueblo County High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
The team of Logan Stout, Jordan Chavez, Jared Muniz, and Eric Texeira just won the 4-by-400 relay at the state track and field championships Saturday in the 4A classification. They...

This week, we honor a pair of tennis teammates from Cheyenne Mountain High School, as Francis Adams and Caroline Kingo are this week's Loaf ‘n Jug Aquafina Co-Athletes of the Week.
Adams and Kingo are the Indians' number-one doubles team and they just won a state title at last...

Dallas Frye of the Colorado Springs High School Rugby Club is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Dallas is a senior at Pine Creek High School and is the captain of the Colorado Springs Grizzlies, which has players from various high schools across Southern Colorado....

Amanda Stoudt of Mitchell High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Amanda is the senior captain for the Mitchell track team. She ran at the state meet last year and hopes to return this year.
She's also on the Marauders cross country...

Pueblo Centennial soccer player Erin Ladrini is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Erin is a senior co-captain for Bulldogs girls soccer. The 17-year old center has helped lead the team to a 6-4 record and she's hoping for a deep run in the state...

Ryan Warner of Pine Creek High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Ryan is one of the top pitching prospects in the state of Colorado. He has gotten a bunch of visits from Major League scouts and is expected to be drafted this...

Charlie Coghlin of St. Mary's High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the week.
Charlie is a junior on the Pirates baseball team and he is one heck of a bopper. He was the Tri-Peaks Conference Player of the Year last season, was 3A All-State,...

Pueblo East's Corey Laughlin is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Aquafina Athlete of the Week.
Corey is truly the definition of all-around student athlete. He plays baseball, football, and wrestling for the Eagles and has done all three sports at a varsity level since his freshman year. He's now...

It is high school basketball championship week and that means our Loaf 'N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week plays for one of the top hoops teams in the state.
Congrats to Kellyn Roiko of Air Academy High School. The senior guard has helped lead the Kadets to this...

Trinidad High School's Vanessa Gonzalez is this week's Loaf 'N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
And this girl doesn't just play one sport. She's like Bo Jackson, Deion sanders, Dave Winfield, and Danny Ainge. She can do it all. Vanessa has helped lead the Miners girls basketball team...

Robert DeHerrera of Pueblo South High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
Robert is on the Colts wrestling team and is one tough competitor. The junior won the 4A state title last year as a sophomore. And this season, the 126-pounder is 33-3...

Lee Douglas loved to give out our Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week awards. He would have been thrilled to say, "Congratulations to Kyle Pacheco of Pueblo West High School" this week.
Kyle attends Pueblo West, but is actually the captain of the Pueblo County co-op hockey...

Fountain-Fort Carson wrestler Josh Schoenberger is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
Josh is a senior for the Trojans wrestling team and is one of the best wrestlers in the state. The 17-year old senior is 31-0 this season and ranked number-one in the 182-pound...

Kori Eurich of Pueblo Central High School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade High School Athlete of the Week.
Kori plays point guard for the Wildcats girls basketball team and she can light it up in a hurry. The 17-year old junior is second in the South Central...

Doherty High School's Trevor Chavez is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
The 18-year old senior is a defenseman for the Spartans hockey team. He's helped lead Doherty to a 4-2-1 record this season and is looking to lead the team to a state playoff...

Coronado cheerleader Grace Shea is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
Grace is a three time letter winner on the Cougars cheerleading team that won the 2011 4A Metro Championship and took fourth place at state.
She was named to the 2011 CHSAA SPIRIT...

Pine Creek football player Josh Beacham is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
The senior running back ran for 145 yards against Monarch last Saturday, including a 45-yard touchdown run. Beacham and Pine Creek won the game, 20-0 to move onto this Saturday's 4A state...

Dolores Huerta football player Diego Valverde-Moreno is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
Diego is a running back and safety for the Scorpions and the 17-year old junior has some big-time stats. He's already close to one-thousand yards rushing on the season, including 12 total...

Jessy Sweet of the Vanguard School is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
The 16-year old junior is one of the top cross country runners in the area. She just took first place at last week's 2A region two championships.
And Jessy says she...

Pine Creek football player Kevin Collison is this week's Loaf ‘N Jug-Gatorade Athlete of the Week.
Kevin is a kicker for Pine Creek and he has a whale of a leg. In the Eagles recent win last weekend, he was a perfect 7-7 on extra points, had a 42-yard...

Congratulations to this week's Loaf ‘N Jug High School Athlete of the Week, Samantha Stancato of Coronado High School.
Samantha is a senior and is one of the top golfers in the state. Last week in Pueblo, she finished third at the 4A girls golf state championships and was,...

Congratulations this week's Loaf ‘N Jug Athletes of the week. Yes, this week we have co-winners: Pine Creek swimmers Jim Bossert and Justin Holmes.
Both swimmers are seniors and co-captains of the team and are best friends, in and out of the water.
Each has set several school...